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In a groundbreaking discovery, Spanish researchers have unveiled a massive underwater mountain off the coast of Lanzarote, ...

She used it to hold the door open for years—until scientists revealed it was a multi-million-year-old amber treasure worth ...

For about half the travelers who stop in, Fossil Butte National Monument is merely a rest area on a lonely stretch of U.S. Highway 30 about 9 miles west of Kemmerer. Many make a beeline to the ...

After more than a decade of negotiations, a new round of talks to finalize a code to regulate deep-sea mining in international waters begins Monday in Jamaica, with hopes high for adoption this ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) An extraordinary rise in ocean temperatures in 2023-2024 was attributed to climate change, with such an event deemed "practically impossible" without it. This ...